For those that hate all the empty sets…

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(10-05-2021, 07:20 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Check back with that stat after four more games. What was his ranking after 2 weeks? Do you think the loss of TJ Watt affected those numbers after week 3? How many of his hits were on an empty set?

Andrew Luck was only sacked 18 times in his final season. After the hits, knockdowns and sacks from the previous campaigns, he still couldn't get ready for the following year after an entire off-season of physical therapy/work outs. Since Burrow has already missed six games due to a major injury, I would like to think that they would try to protect him more, but this is Cincinnati and apparently they just go to war with what they have.

And they fixed the shotgun/single back/trips right after the outcry for Michael Jordan's release.

I don't have the stat ranking after 2 weeks.  He was hit 6 times the first 2 weeks.  If we keep that rate through 4 games it would be 12, which would tie him for 16th, so an average amount.  Though the reality is that teams don't always have all their best players.  If you want to curve for opposing pass rushers being out, then you also have to curve for OL being out.

Andrew Luck retired because he "lost his joy for the game.". He admitted that injuries were a factor, but they were not the lone reason.  A mysterious "calf injury" kept him out of OTA's and TC, which has nothing to do with the hits he took early in his career.  Luck thew for 4500+ yards and set a career high for QBR the year before he retired, so this narrative that he was physically broken and could no longer play the game at a high level is false.